On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 12 I just need something good like beauty pills!

Father Li and Qin Tao were sleeping in the same bed but having different dreams. They fell asleep leaning against the donkey cart of Li's family, but in fact there were two other people lying on the donkey cart.

These two people were naturally the children of Qin Tao and Li Wangtian. There was a wooden board only half the width of an adult's arm between Li Shigui and Li Chunli. They lay together on a quilt.

Although the two are close siblings, their ages are there after all. Although Li Chunli is not yet fifteen years old, she has already had her period and is a girl who can have children.

Therefore, even on the road of fleeing famine, due to limited conditions, they still put a long board between them to avoid suspicion.

It was already the late night. In the area where the people of Lijia Village had set up camp, except for a few houses where there were still lights on, the rest of the place had already fallen into darkness.

At this moment, even the bright moon in the sky was covered by dark clouds. Li Chunli listened to the breathing of Qin Tao and Li's father under the car and guessed that they must have fallen asleep.

Only then did Li Chunli dare to open her eyes and look up at the sky without a trace of moonlight. At this moment, there was not even a single star in the sky.

After looking at the sky for a while, Li Chunli carefully reached out her hand and gently pushed her brother Li Shigui and whispered, "Brother, brother, are you asleep?"

Li Shigui, who had his eyes closed, seemed to hear his sister's cry vaguely. He forced himself to open his numb eyelids despite his sleepiness and met Li Chunli's big eyes.

"Li Niang, what are you doing? Why aren't you sleeping yet?
Be obedient and go to sleep. We have to travel tomorrow and won’t have time to rest by then.”

After saying this, Li Shigui raised his hand and patted Li Chunli's shoulder, just like he did when he was a child to coax Li Chunli to sleep, patting Li Chunli's arm gently to coax her to sleep.

"Brother, you can still sleep!"

Li Chunli said this to Li Shigui anxiously and in a low voice. As she spoke, she tilted her head slightly, indicating that Li Shigui should think about his father who was hugging his mother under the donkey cart.

"Alas," Li Shigui sighed helplessly. He reached out to cover Li Chunli's eyes and said, "Don't worry about my mother's affairs. Close your eyes and go to sleep. Be obedient."

Li Chunli wanted to say something else, but when she looked at Li Shigui's closed eyes, she had no choice but to close her own eyes as well. She fell asleep with all sorts of messy thoughts in her mind.

When it was just daybreak, the villagers who got up early started lighting the fire and stove in the camp.

During the past half month of fleeing famine, the baked pancakes and other foods had long been eaten up. The people of Lijia Village had no choice but to cook a pot of soybean and millet rice in the early morning when the temperature was not too high, so as to save it as the family's meal for the day.

After all, they are on the road. Although the weather is dry and firewood is easy to find, everyone has to travel while it is still daylight. This is the most important thing.

On the road, people can only rest for about fifteen minutes or half a quarter of an hour. How can they have enough time to build a stove, light a fire, cook porridge or cook something else?
Of course we should save time in any way we can, so everyone comes here to cook in the morning.

Li Shiyue's family also got up early. After more than half a month of fleeing famine, Li Shiyue's body had adapted to the rhythm. It can be said that people's adaptability is really strong.

Even though her body was screaming with pain all over, Li Shiyue got up out of inertia. She first went to check on the stone where she and Li Wangming were lying. Seeing that he was still sleeping soundly, her heart calmed down a lot.

"Shiyue, wake up your brother and tell him to get up and have breakfast. We have to keep going."

"Sister-in-law, let me call Shitou. It's just right. I will go outside with him."

When Li Wangming said "going outside", he actually meant to take Shitou with him to the outskirts of the camp to relieve himself. It was normal for everyone to pee in the morning.

Li Shiyue was also holding it in. She was just about to tell her mother that she was going out to relieve herself when she heard her cousin Li Qiutian calling her from not far away. Li Xiatian was still standing there waving at her.

Mother Li also saw this scene. She said to Li Shiyue gently, "Go, go with Qiu Tian and Xia Tian. The three of you must not separate."

"Hey, mother, I'm going to go now. I'll be back soon."

Li Shiyue happily trotted over and pulled Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian on the left and right to walk towards the outskirts of the camp. In fact, Li Shiyue was looking for an opportunity. She wanted to find a deserted place to take out the three beauty pills she won in the lottery yesterday and take a good look at them. After all, this was her first mission reward.

Even if it is something that she thinks is useless, she still has to take a good look at it, just in case it could be useful.

The outskirts of the camp were consciously divided into convenient areas for men and women, which were in two completely opposite directions. The women went this way and the men went that way.

In short, you have to be careful in this wild grass, including the woods further in, because you never know where there might be a lump of it.

In order to check what the beauty pill was, Li Shiyue pretended to have abdominal pain when she arrived at the place: "Sister, sister, I need to poop, hurry up, I can't hold it anymore, you guys wait here for me, I will come out after I'm done."

Without waiting for Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian to agree, Li Shiyue ran deep into the grass, leaving Li Qiutian shouting behind her: "Shiyue, we'll wait for you here!"

Li Shiyue waved while running, responding to Li Qiutian's words.

After walking a few more steps deeper, Li Shiyue felt that she had gone far enough, so she found a shady place. After carefully checking that there was no one around, she carefully took out the three white and round beauty pills from the pouch on her waist.

Placing it in the palm of his hand, Li Shiyue took a closer look. This beauty pill was the size of a soybean, with a luster as translucent as white jade and a slightly hard texture. Apart from that, it had no other special features.

"It's produced by the system, so it should be non-toxic. Forget it, let's give it a try!"

Li Shiyue bravely put one of the beauty pills into her mouth. It tasted slightly cool, and she bit it open with a little force from her upper and lower teeth. It had no taste, and she felt a mouthful of water sliding down her throat, which she swallowed directly.

After just two breaths, Li Shiyue felt a surge of heat rising from the bottom of his stomach, but it only lasted for a breath, and then there was only a warm and full feeling coming from his stomach.

"Oh my gosh, what a good thing!

This is not a beauty pill, it is a life-saving pill!"

Li Shiyue was very happy at the moment. She had wanted to give it a try to see if the beauty pill had any other effects besides making people look better. The result was unexpected. She only took one pill, and after just a few breaths she immediately felt full. If this was placed in a novel about cultivating immortals, wouldn't it be the same as the fasting pill?

If this were a space novel, this would be a nutrient solution in pill form!
This is a good thing that can save lives. Anything can happen on the road of fleeing from famine. Li Shiyue feels that with this good thing, she will feel more at ease. It can be regarded as a trump card after all.

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